Nm imaging gastrointestinal acute blood loss at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento

7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,207.59

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,193.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$186.19 with United vs $4,193.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Medicaid|> 21 $186.19 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|< 21 $186.19 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $204.81 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $244.02 ↓ -80%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $298.18 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $353.76 ↓ -71%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $382.53 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $428.24 ↓ -65%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $428.24 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $497.94 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -56%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -56%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $528.04 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $538.61 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $543.88 ↓ -55%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $800.60 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $889.71 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $889.71 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $889.71 ↓ -26%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,467.55 ↑ +22%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,523.13 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,719.13 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,030.99 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,643.49 ↑ +119%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,144.75 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $3,144.75 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,304.36 ↑ +174%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,312.47 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,354.40 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,396.33 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,480.19 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,193.00 ↑ +247%

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Nm imaging gastrointestinal acute blood loss at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $914.08 $186.19 – $3,354.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,439.27 $281.68 – $2,563.08
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,264.84 $80.37 – $1,828.45
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,518.12 $186.19 – $3,022.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,669.66 $186.19 – $3,929.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,208.93 $186.19 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,078.50 $186.19 – $2,325.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,066.87 $186.19 – $2,296.53

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